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Former deputy leader announces departure from politics

Former vice-president of the Government, Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, has announced her departure from politics, PP said yesterday afternoon.

The leadership hopeful announced her resignation from the party after meeting the new leader of the party, Pablo Casado. It’s understood she declined an offer to sit on the shadow cabinet, and announced she would also be resigning from her seat in Congress.

Mrs Sáenz de Santamaría stood as one of the final two in the leadership battle for the conservative party, after the resignation of Mariano Rajoy, and the collapse of the PP Government.